Lol! The new rankings are out, and incredibly, Federer got another 0-pointer for Tokyo this year, as if he were listed for the tournament and didn't go (but it was never part of his schedule).

Must be because the Olympics, which were supposed to be counted as an ATP500, obviously aren't. Federer is playing three ATP500's + Olympics this year, which obviously isn't equal to four ATP500's. So he didn't get the 90 points from Doha, and, yes, he will need to reach the QF stage in Shanghai to secure the #1 ranking.

So Olympics are counted as an ATP500, yet they aren't. This just makes no sense.

They require to play 4 ATP500's, including one after the US Open, for their six best results (ATP500's and 250's) to be taken into account. Otherwise, only five are counted (notice that Murray's Queens result is "non countable", although this wouldn't have changed much, considering how well he did there) and they get a 0-pointer (when needed) to keep the 6th result out of it, as it were. It complicates things a lot, if you ask me, but there you go.

Nadal currently has two 0-pointers, one for Beijing and another one for Valencia.

They require to play 4 ATP500's, including one after the US Open, for their six best results (ATP500's and 250's) to be taken into account. Otherwise, only five are counted (notice that Murray's Queens result is "non countable", although this wouldn't have changed much, considering how well he did there) and they get a 0-pointer (when needed) to keep the 6th result out of it, as it were. It complicates things a lot, if you ask me, but there you go.

Nadal currently has two 0-pointers, one for Beijing and another one for Valencia.

Lendl(80s) set the record with 270 weeks, and Sampras(90s) broke the record with 286. Who knows if someone will ever break Fed's record, but I doubt that will happen in the next 10 years.

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80s: Lendl with 270 weeks, and many doubted there would ever be someone overtaking him; and then we have...
90s: Sampras with 286 weeks, and many doubted there would ever be someone overtaking him; and then we have...
2000s to early 2010s: Federer with 300+ weeks.

Moral of the story: don't doubt, just wait and see. There will always be someone else taking over. I think the person who has the most potential to do it is Novak Djokovic, followed by Nadal.

80s: Lendl with 270 weeks, and many doubted there would ever be someone to overtaking him; and then we have...
90s: Sampras with 286 weeks, and many doubted there would ever be someone overtaking him; and then we have...
2000s to early 2010s: Federer with 300+ weeks.

Moral of the story: don't doubt, just wait and see. There will always be someone else taking over. I think the person who has the most potential to do it is Novak Djokovic, followed by Nadal.

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I'd say the person with the most potential to do it is someone in the future, who's not 25+ and will come in to dominate the game after Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray are all 30+ or retired.